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The diversity of PR type emails that I receive has gone up markedly in the last two weeks. It appears that I was added to a mommy blogger PR list at some point and press releases targeted at that demographic now outnumber the things I am interested in my inbox.

So today, I am not:
A pregnant blogger worried about losing post pregnancy belly weight.
A soccer mom worried about gas prices.
An interior designer trying to get in touch with my masculine side.
Capable of reading Russian, Chinese, or Portuguese.
A liberated woman trying to make sense of religion.
Interested in reciprocal links.

And that's just since 6am this morning.

I'm working with some friends on an outlet to post some of the more inappropriate press releases we receive. Watch here for a link. Even if it doesn't prove to be very well read, it will be a fun outlet.

I was having problems with the old redoable theme on WP 2.5 so I went looking for something that'll work and wasn't too difficult to tweak.

This one is called RedLine and it is produced by Blog Oh Blog. So far I don't see any bugs with WP 2.5 and everything went smoothly. I even added a plugin to handle google searches locally and shoe-horned in my ads. A couple other problems are also fixed, most notably the tag and category pages now work properly.

It's official, I'm a contributor for Wired Magazine's GeekDad blog. It's a non paying gig, but I've been an avid reader for some time and it's a cool blog with a good slant toward Geek Dads and their little Geeklets. Give it a read!

The question is: How do we want to spend our money? Do we want to explore the heavens or do we want to fight amongst ourselves? Amazing, isn’t it, how global politics begins to sound like something from an elementary school playground?

A compelling and non-political essay on politics, space exploration and economics. It is well worth the time to read it.

Steve has added a paid Blog Directory in 1 Cool File but he wants people to know about it. So, he’s doing a contest where you could win $500USD or 1 of the 15Blog Buffet(valued at $11,50USD/each). But he also want people who are really serious about their blog to add it there. The packages start from $2.50USD/year/reciprocal link up to$11.50USD for the Blog Buffet(one time fee, unlimited blogs, no reciprocal link) . By asking a small fee, your blog will be in a better position and not part of dead blogs. You can also find theme(s) and plugin(s) or add those you have created. You can also find 1 Cool File that has nothing to do with your blog.

Some Make Money is giving away $50 for some linkage. Follow the directions below and go post a comment about it here for a chance at a portrait of Grant.

** Start Copy Here **

We all know how important getting link backs is and with this chain, you can get the ball rolling! You don’t have to be an established blogger to take part in this chain.Here are the rules:
1. Copy this post from the point where it says “Start Copy Here” to the point where it says “End Copy Here”2. Add yourself and 5 of your favorite bloggers to the end of the list.
3. Post this on your blog

"Over at The Prize Blog, Brian is having an awesome 6-day blogging competition and is giving away cash prizes, MP3 players, blogroll back links, Bloggeries Blog Directory listings and complete site reviews. This is one of the best blog contests you will ever find!"

I've just started googling for blog contests, and it's really amazing how many are out there. This is one that I thought was interested. I'll be sure to blog about a few more later.

Nuts and Milk dot com are giving away $250 for posting something like the text above with the correct link text and links. Since I've won one contest, I'm going to be a bit more eager about entering some more. I'm finding that the odds of winning these contests are pretty good (usually better than 1 in 100) so it's worth the time to enter.